Africa in Global International Relations

Paul-Henri Bischoff is Head of the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University, South Africa.Kwesi Aning is Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Ghana.Amitav Acharya is Professor of International Relations at the American University, Washington, D.C., and formerly the Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor of International Relations (2012-2013) at Rhodes University, South Africa.

• 1 Africa in Global International Relations: Emerging Approaches to Theory and Practice, An Introduction Paul-Henri Bischoff Kwesi Aning and Amitav Acharya 2 A Critique of Failing International Relations Theories in African Tests Ahmed Salem 3 Feminist IR and the study of Africa: (still) together on the theoretical margins? Heidi Hudson 4 Disciplining the Developing World? Perspectives from a South African IR Candice Moore 5 Soft balancing among African weak states: A challenge to Realists International Relations Theory Leslie Blaauw 6 Africa in international relations: agent, bystander or victim? Jo-Ansie van Wyck 7 An Emerging, Established or Receding Normative Agent? Probing the African Union’s Recent Response to and Intervention in Libya Gerrie Swart 8 Africanizing the international and internationalizing Africa: security, war on terror and Mali Kwesi Aning and Nancy Annan 9 Bridging the Gap: The Pan-African School and International Relations Theory Tim Murithi

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